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• DDW 2022 Race-, Ethnicity-based Clinical Guidelines Miss the Mark: Study Race-based recommendations and clinical algorithms may be doing more harm than good, according to a systematic review of databases and guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• WHO Asks Countries to Increase Surveillance for Monkeypox About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday, urging countries to increase surveillance for the infectious disease.
  Reuters Health Information, May 26, 2022
• DDW 2022 Eosinophilic Diseases Often Overlap, Raising Costs Overlap was less common in eosinophilic esophagitis but more common in eosinophilic gastritis/eosinophilic gastroenteritis.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• Steroid Use May Increase Relapse Risk in Ulcerative Colitis Steroid use may increase relapse risk in patients who have histologically active ulcerative colitis with a Mayo endoscopic subcore of 1.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• DDW 2022 Psychological Intervention Looks Promising in Crohn's Disease A combination of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy showed promise for pain, fatigue, and productivity associated with Crohn's disease.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• When Does an Elite Athlete Need Mental Health Treatment? Nearly all athletes experience anxiety before a competition. But persistent symptoms, such as difficulty falling asleep, may indicate a need for psychotherapy or medication.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• DDW 2022 Index Cholecystectomy Cuts Readmissions After Acute Cholangitis Cholecystectomy is considered an elective procedure, and surgeons may delay it if the patient is very sick or simply for scheduling reasons.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• ESC-HF Shunt Therapy for HF Hints at Heart Structural, Functional Gains With new findings suggesting a reverse-remodeling effect from implantation of an interatrial shunt device, researchers debate the quality of evidence and the emerging technology's promise.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• AUA 2022 Double the Pleasure: Stim Patch Delays Early Ejaculation: Study Intravaginal ejaculatory latency time doubled for men who used a perineal stimulator, researchers reported at AUA 2022.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• Number of US Monkeypox Cases Grows to 10, CDC Says Health officials identified two cases in Florida, two cases in Utah, and one case each in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Washington state.
  WebMD Health News, May 27, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 Distal Radial Access Does Not Impair Hand Function: RATATOUILLE Transradial access is typically used for percutaneous coronary procedures, but positive data are generating excitement for this alternative approach, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• DDW 2022 ESG's Cardiometabolic Benefits Last 5 Years Bariatric surgery's benefits have been well described, but endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is relatively new, so its outcomes haven't been as well described.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• DDW 2022 H pylori Antibiotics Briefly Disrupt Gut Microbiome Researchers compared antibiotic resistance following either levofloxacin quadruple therapy or bismuth quadruple therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• AUA 2022 New Test Might Transform Male Infertility Using epigenetics to assess sperm can better identify patients likely to have problems conceiving, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• 'Unlimited' Cancer Costs: The Medicare Part D Dilemma One expert highlights the high cost of cancer drugs under Medicare Part D, and how somewhat arbitrary variations in a patient's cancer type can lead to big differences in costs.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• ASCO 2022 Increased Social Services Spending Ups Cancer Survival of Blacks States that increased investments by 10% in services for socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals showed improved 5-year overall survival for non-Hispanic Black cancer patients.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• Early Liver Transplant Outcomes Not Impacted by New US Allocation System A new system for allocating liver allografts in the United States, implemented in 2020, has been associated with procurement-related delays but has had no adverse impact on early transplant outcomes, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, May 26, 2022
• After Texas School Shooting, Parents Search for New Answers "I want to visit with our school about that [school security]" and find out whether "they have individual class protocols" to deal with the what-ifs.
  WebMD Health News, May 27, 2022
• Artificial Insemination Births Ebb in Women With Underweight Among women receiving fertility treatment by intrauterine insemination, underweight associated with a significantly lower live birth rate; overweight linked with a significantly higher rate.
  First Look, May 27, 2022
• Private Equity Invests in Gastro Docs An aging population in need of regular cancer screenings has driven private equity companies, seeking profits, to invest in many gastroenterology practices and set up aggressive billing practices.
  Kaiser Health News, May 27, 2022